alamat

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Etymology

Possibly from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma, “sign; symbol”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalaˈmat/ [ʔa.l̪aˈmat]
• Hyphenation: a‧la‧mat

Noun

alamát (Basahan spelling ᜀᜎᜋᜆ᜔)

1. legend; myth

   Synonym: leyenda

Estonian

Noun

alamat

1. partitive singular of alam

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay alamat, from Classical Malay علامت (alamat, “sign”), from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈla.mat/, [aˈla.mat̪̚]

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• Hyphenation: a‧la‧mat
• Rhymes: -at

Noun

alamat (plural alamat-alamat)

1. sign

   Synonyms: pertanda, tanda

2. address

   Synonym: adres

3. target

   Synonyms: sasaran, tujuan

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlamat/ [aˈla.mat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -lamat, -amat, -mat, -at
• Hyphenation: a‧la‧mat

Noun

alamat (Jawi spelling علامت, plural alamat-alamat or alamat²)

1. address (of direction)

   Synonym: adres

2. sign, indication

   Synonyms: cena (rare), faal (rare), karenah (rare), padah, padahan, petanda, pertanda, tanda, tengara (rare)

3. (computing) a number identifying memory or register unique location
4. (literary) target

   Synonyms: sasaran, tujuan

5. (archaic) book's title

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• mengalamatkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• mengalamati [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• beralamat [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• alamat apung (“floating address”)
• alamat argumen (“argument address”)
• alamat asas (“base address”)
• alamat berindeks (“indexed address”)
• alamat berkesan (“effective address”)
• alamat bersimbol (“symbolic address”)
• alamat capaian (“access address”)
• alamat hasil (“result address”)
• alamat kembali (“return address”)
• alamat maya (“virtual address”)
• alamat mesin (“machine address”)
• alamat mikropemproses (“microprocessor address”)
• alamat muatan (“load address”)
• alamat mutlak (“absolute address”)
• alamat peranti (“device address”)
• alamat rujukan (“reference address”)
• alamat sebenar (“actual address”)
• alamat segera (“immediate address”)
• alamat semu (“dummy address”)
• alamat suruhan (“instruction address”)
• alamat terhitung (“ calculated address”)
• alamat terjana (“generated address”)
• alamat terus (“direct address”)
• alamat tunggal (“single address”)
• bahagian alamat (“address part”)
• bas alamat (“address bus”)
• daftar alamat (“address register”)
• mata alamat (“goal, objective”)
• pembanding alamat (“address comparator”)
• pengubahsuaian alamat (“address modification”)
• penukaran alamat (“address conversion”)
• ruang alamat (“address space”)
• saiz alamat (“address size”)

Descendants

• > Indonesian: alamat (inherited)

Further reading

• “alamat”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Tagalog

Etymology

Possibly from Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma, “sign; symbol”). Compare Tausug alamat (“omen”) and Malay alamat (“sign; address”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔalaˈmat/ [ʔɐ.lɐˈmat̪̚]
• Rhymes: -at
• Syllabification: a‧la‧mat

Noun

alamát (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎᜋᜆ᜔)

1. legend; folklore

Derived terms

• alamatang-bayan
• maalamat
• palaalamatan

References

• “alamat”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018.
• Potet, Jean-Paul G. (2013), Arabic and Persian Loanwords in Tagalog, Lulu Press, →ISBN, page 166

Anagrams

• maalat, malata

Turkmen

Other scripts
Latin	alamat‍
Cyrillic	аламат‍
Arabic	علامت

Etymology

From Arabic عَلَامَة (ʕalāma).

Noun

alamat (definite accusative alamaty, plural alamatlar)

1. mark, sign, signifier

Declension

Declension of alamat

	singular	plural
nominative	alamat	alamatlar
accusative	alamaty	alamatlary
genitive	alamatyň	alamatlaryň
dative	alamata	alamatlara
locative	alamatda	alamatlarda
ablative	alamatdan	alamatlardan